Brief notes on the role of mental health services in multi-racial Europe, and previews a major conference on this topic to be held in Bristol in April 1994.
Brief notes on the role of mental health services in multi-racial Europe, and previews a major conference on this topic to be held in Bristol in April 1994.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mental health services;
The author discusses the multicultural aspects of recovery. He takes the view that journal faced by black people with mental health problems is inseparable from the issues of racism and discrimination.
The author discusses the multicultural aspects of recovery. He takes the view that journal faced by black people with mental health problems is inseparable from the issues of racism and discrimination.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, multicultural approach, rehabilitation, racism, black and minority ethnic people;
Looks at the work of Nest in Sri Lanka. Nest provides halfway houses for women with mental health problems who have been discharged from hospital into the community. Community health workers provide psychosocial support to the women in the community.
Looks at the work of Nest in Sri Lanka. Nest provides halfway houses for women with mental health problems who have been discharged from hospital into the community. Community health workers provide psychosocial support to the women in the community.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, hospital discharge, women, community mental health services, happiness;
This fully revised, expanded and updated edition describes and analyses mental health theory, practice, tradition and innovation around the world. Part 1 covers theory and tradition, including discussion of perceptions of ethnicity and identity, and the problem of racism in psychiatry. Part 2 covers practice and innovation, including Asian and African therapy for mental health, and mental health in low and middle income countries. The book offers a unique analysis of the impact of race and culture on contemporary issues in mental health, challenging the traditional ideas that inform practice in clinical psychology and psychiatry. Topics new to this 3rd edition include: trauma and psychosocial support; the new discourses in mental health of recovery, spirituality and well-being; the mental health of refugees; and specific developments in low-income countries, including Asia and Africa. The book is likely to be of interest to both students and practitioners.
This fully revised, expanded and updated edition describes and analyses mental health theory, practice, tradition and innovation around the world. Part 1 covers theory and tradition, including discussion of perceptions of ethnicity and identity, and the problem of racism in psychiatry. Part 2 covers practice and innovation, including Asian and African therapy for mental health, and mental health in low and middle income countries. The book offers a unique analysis of the impact of race and culture on contemporary issues in mental health, challenging the traditional ideas that inform practice in clinical psychology and psychiatry. Topics new to this 3rd edition include: trauma and psychosocial support; the new discourses in mental health of recovery, spirituality and well-being; the mental health of refugees; and specific developments in low-income countries, including Asia and Africa. The book is likely to be of interest to both students and practitioners.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, psychiatry, racism, refugees, black and minority ethnic people, cultural identity;
Scrutinises Inside/Outside, a new government initiative for black and minority ethnic mental health.
Scrutinises Inside/Outside, a new government initiative for black and minority ethnic mental health.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, policy, public sector, voluntary sector, black and minority ethnic people, central government, community development;
Explores why forensic psychiatry services are not serving the multi-ethnic societies of Britain and the United States as they should. Discusses the concepts, theories and ideologies upon which forensic psychiatry is founded and explains why current problems are in part the result of a historic linking of race, schizophrenia and criminality in the minds of Western Europeans. Presents a survey of current clinical research into issues of race and forensic psychiatry and argues that the apparent contradictions in research findings and inquiry reports impact negatively on clinical practice. Also takes a detailed look at recent social policy on mental health, race and criminal justice and the way in which this influences and is influenced by public attitudes and pressures.
Explores why forensic psychiatry services are not serving the multi-ethnic societies of Britain and the United States as they should. Discusses the concepts, theories and ideologies upon which forensic psychiatry is founded and explains why current problems are in part the result of a historic linking of race, schizophrenia and criminality in the minds of Western Europeans. Presents a survey of current clinical research into issues of race and forensic psychiatry and argues that the apparent contradictions in research findings and inquiry reports impact negatively on clinical practice. Also takes a detailed look at recent social policy on mental health, race and criminal justice and the way in which this influences and is influenced by public attitudes and pressures.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mentally disordered offenders, offenders, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, social policy, black and minority ethnic people, crime, forensic psychiatry;
Includes chapters on: social realities and mental health; professional interventions (therapy and care); law and guidelines; sectioning - the black experience; consulting and empowering black mental health system users; training to promote race equality; women's neighbourhood mental health services; culture and family therapy; and psychotherapy in the context of race and culture.
Includes chapters on: social realities and mental health; professional interventions (therapy and care); law and guidelines; sectioning - the black experience; consulting and empowering black mental health system users; training to promote race equality; women's neighbourhood mental health services; culture and family therapy; and psychotherapy in the context of race and culture.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, psychotherapy, voluntary organisations, black and minority ethnic people, empowerment, equal opportunities, family therapy;
Describes and analyses mental health theory, practice, tradition and innovation around the world in the context of a diversity of world-views and of problems arising from racism. Argues that psychiatric imperialism at a global level and racist ways of working at an individual level must be combated in order for us to move forward into truly culturally based concepts of mental health.
Describes and analyses mental health theory, practice, tradition and innovation around the world in the context of a diversity of world-views and of problems arising from racism. Argues that psychiatric imperialism at a global level and racist ways of working at an individual level must be combated in order for us to move forward into truly culturally based concepts of mental health.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, psychiatry, racial discrimination, anti-racist practice, black and minority ethnic people, cultural identity;